Maribell's POV
He is a monster. There is no way I am dying today. No way. Not again. That bitch. She experimented on me till I died. Doing something to my soul and whatnot. They didn't have any proof of our crimes, yet I had to suffer. I wasn't even involved in them. Now his brother. Why? Why? Why me? What have I done? I will atleast take them down with me.
I quickly run to the room where the magic reactor should be. I will make it overload with magic and explode, killing everyone here. But where is it? Why can't I find it?
"Looking for the magic reactor?"
"Yuuki? How did you? Why are you here? Weren't you fighting against the demon lord?"
"Hmm? I gave my all against him. He just knocked me out. By the way, I already knew I couldn't defeat him."
"How?"
"Oh? Are you wondering how I broke free?"
"Yes. Tell me."
"Well, it's simple really. I really wasn't in your control." As he said that, a dark look came up on his face. Just when he used to controlled.
"Impossible. My power harnesses tour feeling."
"Ya. Your greed was something else, but nothing compared to mine."
Just as he said that, his hand pierced through my heart.
"You.... what are you? My skill."
No way. Is he absorbing my skill? Are you saying he is more greedy than me. No way. I am Maribell the Greed.
"Ukh..."
"Your body is too young to hold that much power. Too bad. Even if you were older, there is no way you could have beaten Rimuru. He is in an another league you know."
You bastard. Of course i know that. He alone managed to slay a dragon in that world. Without magic. His body couldn't use magic and still he managed to defeat a dragon. Of course with magic, he will be unstoppable. So this is how I die huh? This life was just like my last. Getting killed for the benefit of others. The world is going blank. I see. This feels nostalgic. The feeling of death. That time it felt so peaceful, but now, I feel frustrated.
Rimuru's POV
I quickly teleport to Milim and look at the Chaos Dragon. It is atleast 300 meters in length and is absorbing magicules from his surroundings and growing bigger. I'd say my chances of winning against this is 50-50 if I don't summon Veldora. Well, with Milim here, I might be able to deal with it.
>Is it possible to save it?<
<It is possible to save it. The dragon will not have any of its memories. It will more be like a rebirth.>
I guess that's fine.
"Milim. I am here to help."
"Oh, Bestie. You see he is my.....old friend. So I need your help to seal him. I don't want to kill him."
"Don't worry. I will help you. But do you really want to seal it?"
"Huh?"
"I can help you make him sane. But he won't have any of its memories. It will be reborn."
"Really? Please do so Rimuru."
"Geez. No need to be so uptight. You are my bestie after all. Of course I will help you."
We both fly to the Chaos Dragon. It really is violence personified.
"Milim, hit it with your strongest attack. I will control it."
"Alright. I trust you Bestie."
>Partner, do your thing.<
As soon as I said that, a bright light enveloped everything. Even closing my eyelids barely made things better. Then a Dragonova went straight at the Chaos Dragon. My partner did everything to accelerate my thinking to millions, if not, billions of time. Looking at her now, it reminds me, she really is at an another level from the rest of us.
As soon a s the astral body of the dragon came into view, I devoured it and stored it in my stomach.
"Bestieeee. It's going to explode. Do something."
"Don't worry."
As soon as I said that, I devour the rest of the body of the dragon and make it my own power.
<Report. The True Dragon Seed hatching requirement has been satisfied by 36.28%.>
Really all that dragon aura and still 36.28%
"Thanks Rimuru." Milim said jumping at me.
"Don't thank me just yet. We still have to do something about your friend.
She just tilts her head cutely. I take out a pseudo soul and put the soul of the Chaos Dragon. Even then, nothing happened. What happened?
"Milim. Name. Name. What did you call it? What did you use to call her?"
"Gaia. I wanted to call it Gaia one day."
Gaia huh? A good name. I apply a master core, giving the pseudo core an avatar as Milim names it. The core slightly glows. Great.
"This is Gaia. Now it is more like an egg, but it will take birth and grow again. Take care of it, alright." I say as both of us go to the castle, where everyone else was. They all look alright. We tell everyone what happened and things calmed down. Soon we all had dinner and went to sleep.
Same day, midnight
I wake up and leave the castle and go to the crypt. We will be leaving tomorrow, so today will be the last day we are here. I am yet to find out what is attracting me to the crypt. I teleport to its deepest part. I look around but there was nothing out of the ordinary there. Atleast to a normal eye. But I felt strangely attracted to a single part if the wall. I go there and punch a hole in the wall. I hadn't expected anything to be there, but there was surprisingly an empty room there. I walk in and am surprised. It was quiet, yet it was not disturbing. It was the peaceful type of quiet.
I look around a little and soon find that this place is empty, except a single throne. Was this a throne room or something? As I move towards the throne, I realize that it was quite intricately designed. It was lauded with many rare gems. I could already see admantite and Dragonite being used. As I reached the throne, the stone at the top of the throne shone lightly and a transparent figure appeared out of it. It was a figure of a woman. She would be about 5'7 in height. The fact is that her face was not visible. It was as if it was distorted. The rest of her body was completely white, just like a ghost.
"Hologram?..." I mumble out loud.
"Hmm? Sort of. You could call me that. After all, I don't have much time left to live anyway."
"So? Who are you?"
"Me? I am the One of the Seven Sin Lords, Beelzebub."
"Seven Sin Lords?"
"That was what we were called. Those who wielded the sin series skill."
"So?"
"We were the first people to hold these sin skills, so in a way, we are its progenitor. If you don't even know about us, then a lot of time must have passed away. I guess it is better this way."
"Alright. I understand you are the progenitor and all. What do you want then?"
"I told you didn't I? I don't have much time left. So I want to give you something."
"Something?"
"Yep. Think of it as my legacy. You are eligible after all."
"Eligible?"
"Yep. For the sin of Gluttony. You felt attracted here, right? That is proof. But before I give you my legacy, I have a question to ask you."
"Will you decide whether to give your 'legacy' to me upon that question."
"Yep." She said smiling.
That's odd. Why did I think she was smiling? I can't even see her face.
"What is it, then?"
"Simple. What do you want to use your powers for?"
"You will be disappointed to hear."
"That's alright. You have got me curious now."
"I only want to use my power to keep my people and myself safe and live a happy and peaceful life."
She just stares at me for a while and bursts out laughing.
"*sigh* I knew this would happen."
"Sorry. Sorry. But really? Just that."
"Yep."
"I see. Very well. I will give you my powers."
"Just like that? Really?"
"Yep."
"If I had said that I would destroy the world, would you have still given it?"
"Yep. I only want to make sure that you follow your desire. The sin series skill are completely controlled by desire. If you are doing it for someone else's desire, then it isn't worth it."
"I see."
As soon as she said that, I felt a lot of information flow into my head. It hurt a little, but not much.
"Work on the skills I gave you. They are really useful."
"Thanks, I guess. Can I ask you a few of my questions."
"Feel free. My soul will dissipate in a few minutes anyway."
I had Raphael run analysis on her. She is much stronger than me. I can't even analyze her. Raphael refused to give up and managed to analyze a bit. It seems like this is only a part of her soul. Saving her is impossible until the remaining parts of her soul are found. Though impossibly difficult, not impossible.
"Don't you want to live?"
"Nope. I have lived long enough. Also, the world without them would be quite boring."
"Them?"
"The other Sin Lords."
"I see. Can you tell me all that you know about these skills?"
"I myself don't know everything about them. Only that these skills are a part of a whole. Different skills have a set reaction with others. It is believed collecting all seven of sin or the virtue series will give the wielder a huge buff. Just how true it is, I don't know. But I do know that the sin and virtue series are found in a pair. If one person collect two opposing skills, it forms a pair. For example, Justice and Pride, are opposite to each other. Justice can defend from any attack, meanwhile Pride can copy any attack."
"So, these opposing skills act complementary to each other?"
"Yep. By the way Gluttony's opposing virtue is Wisdom. If you gain it, you will be able to use Gluttony better. Wisdom will help with all the complicated tasks and digestion."
She said. As soon as she finished, her body slowly started to break and shatter.
"Looks like it's time for me to go. One more thing. All of us, the Seven Sin Lords and the Seven Virtues have left their powers, so that our successor could wield them. If you gain any other skill from these 2 series, make sure to look for them. They might be able to help you as well. Also, apart from these two series, there are other series as well." As she says that, her figure appears to be shattering but I devour her. I then place her soul in a sort of coma. She is stronger than me. If I find her soul pieces and devour her, then I am sure I will get stronger.
New power, huh. There is a lot going on here. I will have Souei look into this later.
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That is it. I decided to add a bit more lore to the story, but don't worry, it will not diverge from the main story too much. My exams are still not over!!! I should be able to publish daily from 27th or 28th. Not sure though. Look forward to it, I guess. Anyway, enjoy.